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Epistemic Modality Markers in European and American Law Journals
2013
Over the last decades the attention of scholars working in the filed of social sciences has been directed towards language variation, and discourse analysis has increasingly evolved as a valuable way of understanding the use of language in a variety of academic, institutional and professional settings (Clyne 1994; Flowerdew & Gotti 2006; Bhatia et al. 2008). According to the sociolinguist approach, genres become ‘dynamically rhetorical structures’ that can be manoeuvred according to the discipline’s norms, values and ideology, both historically and incrementally changing as disciplinary knowledge and genres required and created by discourse communities’ change (Bhatia 2004; Hyland 2004,…
The Concept of Culture in Media Studies: A Critical Review of Academic Literature
2014
This study examines the way culture has been researched in media studies and suggests how critical intercultural communication could contribute to the field. A literature review was conducted and articles (N=114) published in peer-reviewed journals between 2003 and 2013 were collected. Results show that studies dealing with media and culture do not systematically define the concept of culture. Findings also indicate that culture is oftentimes taken for granted instead of being problematized and addressed as a source of struggle. Advantages of using a critical intercultural communication framework to examine culture are discussed.
Effects of an Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention on Children’s Quality of Life
2022
AbstractThe present study examined if an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)–based online intervention for parents had indirect effects on their children’s quality of life mediated by changes in parental well-being, psychological flexibility and mindfulness skills. Participants were 74 adults, who either received an ACT-based guided online intervention or were allocated to the wait list control group, and their children (n = 66) who had type 1 diabetes or functional disabilities. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and a bias-corrected bootstrap approach were applied to examine the indirect effects of the treatment on children’s quality of life through changes in parents’ well-being and …
Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts
2013
This study explores the construction of parental and professional agency in the written accounts by women who have undergone selective abortion (N=8). The analysis of the data was based on qualitative, linguistic discourse analysis. The accounts indicate that the mothers themselves exhibited both strong and weak agency during the process of prenatal diagnosis. The role of the professionals was usually discussed in these accounts concerning only the phases of pregnancy when something out of ordinary had been detected. After the termination, the mothers expressed that they were forced to exhibit strong agency and find ways to cope with their distress unaided due to a lack of professional supp…
Finanšu terminoloģijas mācīšana pieaugušajiem
2016
Bakalaura darbā tiek pētīti līdzekļi finanšu terminoloģijas mācīšanai. Teorētiskajā daļā apskatītas terminoloģijas un leksikas galvenās īpašības, mācīšanas metodes un aktivitātes, analizēts finanšu diskurss. Empīriskās daļas mērķis ir noskaidrot, kuras metodes un aktivitātes ir piemērotas finanšu terminoloģijas mācīšanai pieaugušajiem. Pētījuma dati tika iegūti analizējot novērojumus un studentu progresu. Iegūtie dati liecina, ka pieaugušie var mācīties finanšu terminoloģiju, izmantojot arī tradicionālās mācīšanas metodes, taču saskaņā ar studentu sniegto informāciju, inovatīvas mācību metodes un aktivitātes ir noderīgākas un patīkamākas. Iegūtos rezultātus var izmantot finanšu terminoloģij…
Īpašības vārdu lietojums sociālo tīklu medijos ar vides jautājumiem saistītajos ierakstos
2020
Aizvien vairāk aktualizētā sociālā atbildība un izpratne par vides jautājumiem ne tikai veido globālās izmaiņas sociālo tīklu lietotāju paradumos un uzvedībā, bet arī nosaka īpašu digitālo diskursu. Šis pētījums aplūko īpašības vārdu dažādību cilvēka-vides attiecību diskursā. Tamdēļ šī darba mērķis bija izpētīt īpašības vārdu tipus un to lietojumu ar vides jautājumiem saistītā saturā dažādās sociālo mediju platformās. Pētījums tika veikts, izmantojot kvalitatīvo teorētisko materiālu analīzi, pārraudzītu korpusa iegūšanu, marķēšanu ar datora palīdzību un kvantitatīvu īpašības vārda biežuma analīzi. Pētījumam izvēlētajā tekstu korpusā tika konstatēti 7% īpašības vārdu, kuri pārstāvēja visas 2…
The structure of mental well-being and its relationship with generativity in middle adulthood and the beginning of late adulthood
2023
Previous studies have linked higher generativity with better mental well-being. However, most of these studies investigated the predictive role of generativity in well-being, while the converse relation, that is, how mental well-being contributes to generativity, has been ignored. This study first investigated the structure and stability of multidimensional mental well-being, that is, emotional (including happiness, life satisfaction, and positive and negative mood), psychological, and social well-being and the absence of depressive feelings, from age 42 to 61. Second, longitudinal associations between mental well-being and generativity were examined. The data ( n = 301) utilized in this s…
The Development of Generativity in Middle Adulthood and the Beginning of Late Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study from Age 42 to 61
2023
AbstractPrevious studies have yielded mixed results regarding the development of generativity during adulthood. Longitudinal data were utilized to investigate the average development of generativity between the ages of 42 and 61 as well as individual differences in terms of its development. The study used data from the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS) (initial N = 369). The data consisted of 291 individuals whose generativity scores, measured using the Generativity Scale, were available at age 42, 50, or 61. Rasch analysis was utilized to form a generativity measure. The development of generativity between the measurements was investigated in women a…
Persuasión, manipulación y (des)cortesía en los anuncios de televenta
2012
Imperceptible boundaries between information, in many cases argumentation and manipulation are difficult to draw, even in advertising discourse. In fact, due to its explicit propagandistic vocation, advertising and, in the specific case, teleshopping spots are a paradigmatic example of discursive realization, whereby advertising agent, adopting different strategies, builds a message aimed at convincing his interlocutor of the "advisability" to purchase a commercial product. This study is an attempt to shed light on some aspects of the complex world of advertising communication. Specifically, it seeks to demonstrate how teleshopping spots, being a “testo unidirezionale” (Lo Cascio, 1991: 101…
Aviokompāniju reklāmu raksturojums sociālo tīklu tīmekļa vietnēs Facebook un Twitter
2018
Reklāma ir profesionālā diskursa žanrs, kas tiek izmantots komunikācijai ar sabiedrību. Mūsdienās internets un sociālo tīklu tīmekļa vietnes tiek bieži izmantotas reklāmas nolūkos. Šī pētījuma mērķis bija analizēt lingvistiskās un paralingvistiskās iezīmes sociālo tīklu tīmekļa vietnēs Facebook un Twitter publicētajās aviokompāniju reklāmās. Pētījums tika balstīts uz Kuka (Cook, 1992) piedāvāto diskursa analīzes modeli, kas ietver teksta un konteksta analīzi. Pētījuma rezultāti parādīja, ka šo reklāmu tekstos izmantotā valoda ir vienkārša un lasītājam draudzīga, kas ir panākts, pārsvarā izmantojot vienkāršus teikumus, kā arī lietojot kontrakcijas un saīsinājumus. Tā arī imitē sarunu ar lasī…